On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:30:40 -0400, jeff_wisnia
wrote:



SWMBO and I were visiting family graves at a nearby cemetary today (It's
a Jewish tradition to pay such visits the week before the Jewish new
year begins.)

The oval ceramic tile with her grandmother's photo on it had fallen out
of its recess in her granite tombstone and fortunately I found it in the
grass alongside the stone.

Whatever had been holding it in place for about 60 years finally gave up
and let go. The remains of it in the recess are frangible and feel like
some sort of "plaster".

I bet that was plumber's putty!

The back surface of the oval ceramic tile is unglazed and the surface it
will be attached to is smooth granite.

The "This to That" website isn't very helpfull, they don't mention
"stone" and their references to ceramic refer to broken dishes and the like.

http://www.thistothat.com/

I'm thinking some type of epoxy would probably work best, but I'm open
to suggestions.

Prep both surfaces well (scratch up the granite good) and
use something like PC-7 (glass- or aluminum-filled epoxy),
buttered nice and thick and completely covering the bonding
surfaces without air pockets. It would be really good if
you could take a portable vacuum chamber with you to de-air
the epoxy after mixing.

--
croy